U. Salvolini · T. Scarabino (Eds.)

2006

Use in Clinical Practice

Since the advent of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, systems with a magnetic field intensity of 1.5 tesla (T) have been deemed the gold standard for different clinical applications in all body areas. Ongoing advances in hardware and software have made these MR systems increasingly compact, powerful and versatile, leading to the development of higher magnetic field strength MR systems (3.0 T) for use in clinical practice and for research purposes. As usually occurs with a new technology, 3.0 T MR imaging units will probably follow the same development trends in the years to come.